Alisa Sikelianos-Carter USA, b. 1983
Black Pearl, Blue Ocean and All That We Left Behind, 2021
Acrylic, gouache, black mica, pearl mica, micaceous iron oxide, abalone shell and glitter on archival paper
47 x 34 3/4 x 2
119.4 x 88.3 x 5.1
119.4 x 88.3 x 5.1
8107
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Alisa Sikelianos-Carter (b. 1983, USA) is a mixed-media painter from upstate New York. Her work asserts that Black features are a manifestation of a sacred and divine technology that has...
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter (b. 1983, USA) is a mixed-media painter from upstate New York. Her work asserts that Black features are a manifestation of a sacred and divine technology that has served as a means of survival, both physically and metaphysically. She envisions a cosmically bountiful world that celebrates and pays homage to ancestral majesty, power, and aesthetics.
Inspired by traditionally Black hairstyles, Sikelianos-Carter uses web and catalogue-sourced images to construct new archetypes. Through her exploration of opulent, luminescent materials she is creating a mythology that is centered on Black resistance and utilizes the body as a sight of alchemy and divinity.
Inspired by traditionally Black hairstyles, Sikelianos-Carter uses web and catalogue-sourced images to construct new archetypes. Through her exploration of opulent, luminescent materials she is creating a mythology that is centered on Black resistance and utilizes the body as a sight of alchemy and divinity.